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In The Belly Of The Beast ~ Ch. 18

Posted by LaRonda on January 7th, 2007

I didn’t know anything about pelvic exams and ultrasounds then. All I knew was that I felt naked, exposed and very afraid. This was the time during my illness when I was in the belly of the beast. It was during this part of my journey that I fought with the toxic demons that tried to take me.

The Demon Doctor ~ Ch. 17

Posted by LaRonda on January 7th, 2007

Photo by: “Aphrodite”

Though the Kidney Specialist was just doing his job thoroughly, I became angry and distressed with him. I wanted nothing to do with this doctor! In my groggy hallucinations, this Kidney Specialist seemed to shape-shift from a doctor to a demon and back again. He was scary!

The Ear of My Heart

My name is LaRonda Zupp, and I am Deaf. Welcome to "The Ear of My Heart."

The title of my blog comes from the opening verse of St. Benedict’s prologue, which tells us to ‘listen carefully and attend with the ear of our hearts.’ St. Benedict was a saint who urged us to listen within the depths of our soul, keeping ourselves attentive to wisdom that comes from the voice within, and inclining our hearts toward deeper understanding.

My blog title is not about “ears” or “hearing” or being able to “hear clearly,” the way hearing people can hear sound. It is about listening with PURE LOVING ATTENTION to what people are really communicating. This is what it means to me to listen and blog with ‘the ear of my heart.’

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